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4-letter words (4 found)

DALE,DEAL,LADE,LEAD,

3-letter words (8 found)

ALE,DAE,DAL,DEL,ELD,LAD,LEA,LED,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AE,AL,DA,DE,EA,ED,EL,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 22 words from lade according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of lade

lade alde ldae dlae adle dale laed aled lead elad aeld eald ldea dlea leda elda dela edla adel dael aedl eadl deal edal

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Definitions and meaning of lade

lade

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) IPA(key): /leɪd/
  • Rhymes: -eɪd
  • Homophone: laid

Etymology 1

From Middle English laden, from Old English hladan and Old English hleadan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną (“to load”), from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”).

Verb

lade (third-person singular simple present lades, present participle lading, simple past laded or (dated) lode, past participle laden or laded)

  1. To fill or load (related to cargo or a shipment).
  2. To weigh down, oppress, or burden.
  3. To use a ladle or dipper to remove something (generally water).
  4. To transfer (molten glass) from the pot to the forming table, in making plate glass.
  5. (nautical) To admit water by leakage.
Related terms
  • bill of lading
  • laden
  • lading
  • larboard
Translations

Noun

lade (plural lades)

  1. (Scotland) A load.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lad, from Old English lād, from Proto-Germanic *laidō (“a way, course”). Related to lode, lead (“to conduct”).

Noun

lade (plural lades)

  1. (UK, dialect, obsolete outside of place names) The mouth of a river.
  2. (UK, dialect, obsolete) A passage for water; a ditch or drain.
  3. (Scotland) (mill lade) A mill race.
  4. (Scotland) Water pumped into and out of mills, especially woolen mills.

References

  • “lade” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries. (lade_n_3)

Anagrams

  • ALDE, Adel, Dale, Deal, Dela, E.D. La., Leda, adle, dale, deal, lead

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Middle High German laden, from Old High German hladan, from Proto-West Germanic *hlaþan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɑd̥ə/

Verb

lade (third-person singular simple present ladet, past participle glade, auxiliary haa)

  1. to load

Derived terms

Cimbrian

Noun

lade f

  1. cupboard, cabinet

References

  • Umberto Patuzzi, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar, Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþǭ, derived from *hlaþaną (“to load”) (see below).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Noun

lade c (singular definite laden, plural indefinite lader)

  1. (agriculture) barn (building)
Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Danish latæ, from Old Norse láta, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈla], (always in the meanings "pretend, seem") IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense lod, past participle ladet or ladt)

  1. let (to allow)
  2. leave (to transfer responsibility or attention)
  3. have (cause to, by command or request)
  4. have (cause to be)
  5. make (force to do)
  6. pretend, seem, appear
    in the expressions lade som om (“to pretend”) and lade til (“to seem”)
Conjugation

Etymology 3

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, past tense ladede, past participle ladet)

  1. load
  2. charge
  3. let go
    in the expressions lade vandet (“to urinate”) and lade livet (“to die”) (etymologically, they belong to the former verb, but they have the pronunciation and morphology of this verb).
Usage notes

In relation to guns, the past participle is ladt.

Conjugation

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈlæːðə]

Adjective

lade

  1. definite singular of lad
  2. plural of lad

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaː.də/
  • Hyphenation: la‧de

Etymology 1

Noun

lade f (plural laden or lades, diminutive ladetje n)

  1. Alternative form of la

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lade

  1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of laden

Anagrams

  • adel, dale

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlaːdə/
  • Rhymes: -aːdə

Verb

lade

  1. inflection of laden:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō, related to the verb *hlaþaną.

Noun

lāde f

  1. box, case
  2. (eastern) plank, beam

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: lade, la
  • Limburgish: laaj

Further reading

  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “lade (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

  • la

Etymology

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Verb

lade (imperative lad, present tense lader, passive lades, simple past lada or ladet or ladde, past participle lada or ladet or ladd, present participle ladende)

  1. (electricity) to charge (e.g. a battery)
  2. to load (a weapon)

Related terms

  • lader (noun)

References

  • “lade” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hlaða, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Alternative forms

  • la (short form)
  • lada (long form with a- or split infinitives)

Verb

lade (present tense ladar or lader, past tense lada or ladde, supine lada or ladd or ladt, past participle lada or ladd, present participle ladande, imperative lad)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to load, charge
    Synonym: laste

Etymology 2

From Old Norse hlaði m, hlaða f.

Noun

lade m (definite singular laden, indefinite plural ladar, definite plural ladane)

  1. a barn
Related terms
  • løe

References

  • “lade” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

  • Dale, Lade, adel, adle, alde, dale, dela, edla, elda, lade, leda

Swedish

Alternative forms

  • la

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lɑː/
  • IPA(key): (rare) /¹lɑːdɛ/, [ˈlɑː˥˧dɛ˩]

Verb

lade

  1. past indicative of lägga

Anagrams

  • Edla, adel, dela, leda

Source: wiktionary.org